Sunshine Child Rehabilitation Center: Walking on the Road of “Internet plus” Social Enterprise

Jian-lin Wu2017/02/19

The business model of the public welfare is changing because of the rapid development of internet technology. The traditional offline model of public welfare was niche, closed and inefficient, whereas the new model with internet p...

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